Hawaii
YOU don't think "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is a workaholic? He travels all over the country on weekends to do stand-up gigs at various hotels, bringing in big bucks, when not writing for the TV show that keeps him occupied five nights a week. Just the other day he flew to Maui to do a 45-minute gig for a convention group, plus pose for pictures and schmooze with conventioneers and their spouses. KHNL's Dan Cooke, whose station carries the "Tonight Show" locally, flew over to do a brief interview with Leno, who seemed strangely uncomfortable being on the other side of a question. Cooke then returned in time to once again emcee the Miss Hawaii pageant, prompting one co-worker to quip on the air, "Dan gets all the tough jobs around here." ... Hard work not so hard
SO you think putting is the strongest point of your golf game? Here's an opportunity to prove it and walk away with $100,000 at the same time. All you have to do is attend the Hawaii Golf Expo this weekend at the Blaisdell Center, plunk down a $2 contribution to the Hawaii Junior Golf program, and pray. Five qualifiers will get a chance to sink putts of 10, 20, 40 and 50 feet, one after the other and pocket $100,000. The Expo gets under way at 4 p.m. tomorrow ...
AND while we're on the subject of golf, tomorrow is the 18th annual "100 Holes of Golf" at Wailea Resort. The event each year raises about one-third of the budgetary needs of Ka Lima O Maui, a non-profit organization that offers vocational rehab programs. Organizer Larry Stubblefield, a former PGA player, holds the tournament record, 16-under-par 383 ...
Soaring to new heights
IT'S a guarantee that the Manoa Valley Theater's final show of the 1998-99 season will have soaring qualities. You can thank Melinda Maltby for that. The actress portrays an angel in "Angels in America: Perestroika," and thanks to theatrical rigging expert Dave Martin, she'll soar overhead. It'll be the first time since the intimate theater was constructed in 1986 that MTV has flown a cast member overhead. Who knows, maybe "Peter Pan" is next ...ONE of the most familiar faces downtown for years was that of "paperboy" Harman Lum, whose corner since 1953 was at Bishop and Hotel, outside the old Alexander Young Hotel before it was demolished. Harman started selling papers in 1953, and used to sell one each day to bankers, lawyers and other downtown business tycoons; even Gov. John A. Burns, who'd pick one up on his way to breakfast at the hotel's Hob Nob Coffee Shop. Ten years ago, then mayor Frank Fasi declared it "Harman Lum Day" in Honolulu, which was a complete surprise to Lum, who never missed a day of work. He's retired now, but still volunteers at Moiliili Senior Center and contributes money to the U.S. Olympics. Harman turns 70 on Monday ...
Mini Me fan club
THE winners of Liberty House's "Be a Petite Model Search" tower over the likes of Mini-Me, the dwarf clone of the villain, Dr. Evil, in the new Austin Powers movie. But they're still tiny in the eyes of Elle MacPherson and her amazon-ish ilk -- all 5'4" and under. One of the nation's true petite models, Tori Hartman, will be cheering on the local petite gals taking to the runway at Pearlridge Saturday at 1 p.m. The local models are Nina Pfaffenbach, Mary Waialeale, Amy Matt, Sherry Nohara, Renee Mosher, Marie Honda, Suzanne Sunada and Lynda Barr ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: donnelly@kestrok.com.